
Director Kim Ki-duk`s new feature Bimong (2009) is also a small-budget feature, but the public attention drawn to this Korea-Japan joint project is not so small. The reason is that Kim has pulled off a high-profile casting. Once top Japanese actor Joe Odagiri was confirmed to play the title role for the film numerous Korean female actors reportedly applied to play his counterpart.
According to informants the majority of Korea´s homegrown films failed to turn a profit last year, heightening a sense of crisis about the Korean film industry`s overall competitiveness.
And so sad: Hollywood movies are increasingly expanding their share in the Korean film market, capitalizing partly on the reduced screen quota that allows local theaters to screen fewer domestic films.
Bimong, staring Lee Na-young and Japanese actor Joe Odagiri.
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